Psalm 126

New Living Translation

Psalm 126

A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem.

¹When the Lord brought back his exiles to Jerusalem,^[a]
    it was like a dream!
²We were filled with laughter,
    and we sang for joy.
And the other nations said,
    “What amazing things the Lord has done for them.”
³Yes, the Lord has done amazing things for us!
    What joy!

⁴Restore our fortunes, Lord,
    as streams renew the desert.
⁵Those who plant in tears
    will harvest with shouts of joy.
⁶They weep as they go to plant their seed,
    but they sing as they return with the harvest.

Footnotes

126:1 Hebrew Zion.

Romans 8:18-25

New Living Translation

The Future Glory

¹⁸Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later. ¹⁹For all creation is waiting eagerly for that future day when God will reveal who his children really are. ²⁰Against its will, all creation was subjected to God’s curse. But with eager hope, ²¹the creation looks forward to the day when it will join God’s children in glorious freedom from death and decay. ²²For we know that all creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. ²³And we believers also groan, even though we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future glory, for we long for our bodies to be released from sin and suffering. We, too, wait with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as his adopted children,^[a] including the new bodies he has promised us. ²⁴We were given this hope when we were saved. (If we already have something, we don’t need to hope^[b] for it. ²⁵But if we look forward to something we don’t yet have, we must wait patiently and confidently.)